‘Eikan’ [Satsuki]
‘Eikan’ [Satsuki] Photo © Jim Trumbly |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Eikan’ | Satsuki | Late | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 1 1/2' | 3' | Zone 7 | 'Eikwan' | 'Asahizuru' seedling | |
| 1 1/2’ tall x 3’ wide with a vigorous, spreading habit. Flowers variable: 1) white with both light and deep yellowish-pink lobes, sectors, and stripes, yellow-green or salmon-red blotch; 2) fukurin: yellowish-pink with irregular white margins and dark blotch; 3: deep yellowish-pink selfs. Heavy petal substance. Single, funnel-shaped with 6-9 large, rounded overlapping lobes with ruffled edges, 3-4” wide. Blooms late (early to mid June in Oak Hill, VA; Satsuki late-midseason). Leaves semi glossy, broad. Zone 7; hardy to -5. Translation: A Garland. Seedling of ‘Asahizuru’. PI 127657, 1938; PI 227079, 1955. BG 1256. | |||||